Sep 11, 2017 | Fundamentalism, History, intolerance, Jake Dorn |
by William Trollinger This past Tuesday the field of U.S. history lost a terrific scholar and we lost a wonderful friend, as Jacob Dorn, Wright State University professor emeritus, died at the age of 77 after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. In his teaching...
Sep 7, 2017 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creation Museum, Creation Science, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Evolution, Flood Geology, Fundamentalism, Ken Ham, Righting America, Science |
by Adam Laats Today, our colleague Adam Laats continues his exploration of the history of young earth creationism as a doctrine of evangelical colleges and universities. As he demonstrates below, in the last century creationist colleges have wrestled with many...
Sep 5, 2017 | Adam Laats, Christian Colleges, Creationism, Evangelical Education, Evangelicals, Evolution, Fundamentalism, Righting America |
by Adam Laats In the “Suggested Readings” section of Righting America (313-316) we note that “in the twenty-first century, the study of American fundamentalism has really come into its own, with a surfeit of outstanding works.” And the hits just keep coming. Over the...
Sep 1, 2017 | Answers in Genesis, Christian Right, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics, Racism, Randall Balmer, Righting America, White Evangelicals |
by William Trollinger In a blistering August 23 LA Times op-ed historian Randall Balmer makes the case that contemporary American evangelicalism is an ethical disaster. One example is the fact that in the 2016 election 81% of white evangelicals voted for a man who...
